He’s a heartbeat away from the presidency and seems very interested in following his own government aspirations beyond this administration, so what exactly has Mike Pence been up to lately? A mas, actually.

Here’s 20 events Mike Pence has done since taking office:

1. In January, Pence and others lobbied Trump to take hard-line plights on abortion, making good on some of his anti-choice campaign pledges.

Just epoches after taking office, Trump signed a slew of manager orderings. Among them was the reinstatement of the so-called “Mexico City policy, ” curtailing foreign aid from going to radicals that volunteer abortion services.

The Independent wrote about the decision to reinstate the policy, went on to say that pro-choice activists “feared[ Trump] would reintroduce the implementation of policies as a gift to Vice President Mike Pence, known for his staunch opposition to abortion rights.”

Rather than choose someone who could receive the 60 polls needed to overcome a filibuster, Trump picked Gorsuch, and Pence immediately began work suggesting Republican leaders in the Senate to blow up the filibuster. They eventually did, and Gorsuch was sworn in on April 10.

Rest assured, we will work w/ Senate leadership to ensure that Judge Gorsuch gets an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor- one space the other

6. Pence shed the tie-breaking election to prove Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, the first time a vice president has done so on a cabinet pick.

In February, DeVos was under stupendous investigation from Democrats and moderate Republican. The billionaire heiress had zero education-related suitabilities to race the department, but she did have a record of donating to far-right causes and endorse the use of public money to store institutions that would “advance God’s kingdom, ” in line with Pence’s own vistums on education.

With Republican Lisa Murkowski( Alaska) and Susan Collins( Maine) voting against DeVos’ confirmation, the 50 -5 0 poll went to Pence to violated the bind. He voted to confirm her.

7. In May, Pence was called the heads of state of Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

This commission was established based on Trump’s unproven and unjustified demand that there was prevalent voter hoax during the 2016 ballot. Pence was referred commission chair, with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach as immorality chair. Together, Pence and Kobach have begun building is asking for extended voter knowledge from states, with numerous voting rights radicals worried that the commission will lead to widespread voter stifling.

8. Pence invited anti-abortion organizers to the White House to discuss how to merge their agenda with that of the administration.

On March 9, Pence met with anti-abortion activists to discuss what sort of provisions they would like to see in the American Health Care Act proposal, afterwards pitching it to republican members of the House of Representative.

9. Later that month, he would give the tie-breaking elect to negate an Obama-era rule allowing that Title X funds be used for family planning services.

In his eight years in office, Joe Biden never gave a tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Pence, just months into the job, has cracked four ties( confirming DeVos, the motion to proceed on impeding the Title X rule, the final vote on stymie the Title X guideline, and the motion to proceed on the Senate’s health care statement ).

Gutting the Title X regulate is bad news, especially for low- and middle-income brides across the country.

It was my honor to disintegrate restrain vote in Senate quashing last minute Obama rule& rehabilitating nation power over Title X family planning monies. pic.twitter.com/ jebspF3F 3K

10. Pence has met with members of the financial industry and advocated efforts to roll back Dodd-Frank consumer protections.

Shortly after taking office, Pence addressed the GOP retreat, have committed themselves to dismantle the legislation enacted in the consequences of the financial explosion and its “overbearing commissions.” In May, he spoke out in the interests of Republican Rep. Hensarling’s( Texas) CHOICE Act, which would deregulate the financial markets once again.

Touting the administration’s successes when it came to curtailing reproductive privileges, Pence declared, “For the first time in a long time, America has an administration that’s filled top to bottom with people who uphold without apologetic for life.”

To heartens, he would subsequently promise to ensure that beings receiving health care aids would not be able to purchase insurance coverage that includes access to abortion.

While the final fiat was viewed by many reactionaries as simply being one step in the right direction and not everything they demanded, the move demonstrated just how much draw the extremely theological vice president has over his boss.

13. Pence addressed the first-ever World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians on May 11.

The discussion bolstered the administration’s narrative that Christians are the true victims of terrorism in the Middle East. The fact is that people of all religions have been targeted by ISIS, and contents about how Christians are the most persecuted only help advance some of the intrinsic Islamophobia in actions such as the travel costs proscribe — which simply helps ISIS.

14. At the University of Notre Dame, Pence extradited a fiery initiation address, targeting “political correctness.”

The idea that college campuses are inhibiting freedom of speech is a popular talking spot, particularly among conservatives. Penny exercised his programme to fuel that shell, saying, “Far too many campuses across America have become been characterised by pronunciation codes, safe zones, tint policing, administration-sanctioned political correctness — all of which is equivalent to nothing less than the suppression of freedom of speech.”

Marking another first for a sitting vice president, the formation of a PAC signals that maybe he has some large government aspirations that go beyond the Trump administration and his character as VP. Married with outgoing White House press secretary Sean Spicer saying that he’d be on board with a Pence run in 2024, this is worth retaining an eye on.

16. In June, Pence was put in charge of U.S. room policy.

Pence, being someone who likely doesn’t certainly believe in that whole “evolution” thing and once claimed that “smoking doesn’t kill, ” seems like an quirky select to impose anything related to discipline. But that’s what President Trump did after indicating an manager say bringing back the National Space Council.

It’s still uncertain what kind of tack Pence will take, though he has established have committed themselves to set beings on Mars.

17. He’s developed money for his own PAC and other political causes.

What’s the stage of having a PAC if you’re not going to raise money for it, right? In July, The New York Times reported that Pence has been playing host to “a string of dinners regarded every few weeks at the vice president’s official residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington, ” courting “big donors and corporate executives.”

18. On June 23, Pence addressed Focus on the Family, a powerful anti-LGBTQ organization, for its 40 th anniversary.

Speaking about the administration’s commitment to helping “persecuted people of faith” and protecting their right to discriminate against LGBTQ parties under the appearance of “religious liberty, ” Pence told the crowd, “This president believes that no American , no American should have to violate their conscience to fully participate in American life, and he has taken action to protect the express of religion by men and women across this nation.”

It’s not so incredible that Pence is getting out there. A little inquisitive, nonetheless, is how little Trump has done comparatively — and how little coverage Pence’s presence has garnered. This once again displays Pence for the smart politician he is, able to help prop up other applicants. Trump, on the other hand, is predominantly good at promoting person or persons: Trump.

20. Pence has been persuading Congress to implement anti-transgender policies in the military.

Days before Trump tweeted that he was boycotting trans parties from invited to take part in the military, Foreign Policy reported that Pence was lobbying hard to fight back against trans inclusion in the military. Pence was reportedly putting pressure on members of Congress to hold the 2018 defense authorization money captive unless it included a equestrian prohibiting stores being used on transition-related health care.

According to Politico, Trump was motivated to outright forbid all trans people from the military for were afraid that the security bill would stop and he wouldn’t receive the funding he requested for his wall. In the end, nonetheless, Pence got what he asked for and more. Though the Department of Defense is viewing on implementing the tweeted program until Trump formally refers a hope, it’s nearly a done deal.

This troubles because Pence might not always be in the background.

It’s pretty clear that Pence’s government aspirations don’t end with being Trump’s vice president. With scandals rocking the White House on what seems like a daily basis — including calls for investigations and even some for Trump’s impeachment — it’s damned important to take a long hard look at “the mens” next in line for the position.

During the campaign, Pence’s extreme slots were largely whitewashed. His extreme anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion views is seldom talked about. As vice president, Pence has shown himself to be “the mens” he’s always the case: a smooth-talking politician with far-right social republican judgments. So let’s impede a watchful eye on what he’s supposed to do now because he might just become president one day.